Evans faces showdown talks with Leeds owner Massimo Cellino and his contract at Elland Road is up at the end of the month.

The Scot kept Leeds in the Championship this season and wants to remain at the helm heading into next term.

“I read that the president’s holding a board meeting next week and you would assume that the head coach’s job will be discussed there," Evans, from Glasgow, told the Yorkshire Post.

“It’s sensible for me to wait for the outcome of that and to see what the decision is. It might be that the president’s undecided or wants to take some opinions from the rest of the board. I’d hope that some of them would make the case for giving me a chance.

“Once that meeting’s done, we’d be at the stage of saying ‘right, let’s have an answer.’ And as I’ve said before, if the answer’s no then I’ll accept that. I’ll be disappointed but I’m big enough to take it.

“In the meantime I’m going to doing my job, looking at analysis, thinking about pre-season and looking about players because if I am going to stay as head coach, I can’t afford to be behind on any of that. It’s like that old saying - fail to plan, plan to fail.”

Championship side Nottingham Forest are also said to be keen on appointing Evans.

Former Manchester United and Everton manager David Moyes and Michael O'Neill, current boss of Northern Ireland, are other candidates for the Celtic job.

But the Hoops may opt to go back to Neil Lennon, who left the club in 2014 after four years in charge that yielded three Scottish league titles.

"I would be (interested), yeah," Lennon told BBC 5Live.

"It's a great club, great job and I had four great years as manager and I'm out of work!

"I'm definitely interested but I know there are plenty of candidates around.

"The club will go through the proper processes that they're doing at the minute."